Heat Wave Grips Texas With Record Temperatures
Forecasters warned of continued heat through Wednesday and Thursday as Texas baked in 95 degree highs. Houston tied for season’s hottest days, while Fort Worth topped the state at 103 and Dallas 101. Light winds in Central Texas offered slight relief, with little rain expected across the region.
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Houston
Texas
Weather Bureau
Skiey
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Salt Flat
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Dalles
Flood Area Begins Rebuilding Government Promises 80 Million
United Press reports northeastern flood areas move to reconstruction as federal aid of 80 million dollars is pledged. Gov. George M. Leader of Pennsylvania outlines plan to brief lawmakers and levy taxes to fund relief. Ten thousand youths are evacuated from eastern camps, while rest homes and towns receive water, food, and supplies amid disrupted lines and transport. Connecticut and Massachusetts conduct evacuations and receive typhoid shots and relief goods.
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United Press
U.S
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
South Natick
Mass
National Drug Co
Philadelphia
BAYTOWN REAL ESTATE BOARD BARBECUE AT LYONDELL PARK
Sun Spots reports the Baytown Real Estate Board hosts its annual barbecue and family outing at Lyondell Park Saturday from 2 30 to 7 p m The event offers a community gathering with members and families.
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Baytown Real Estate Board
Lyondell Park
South Main Street Work Completed
The city completed shoulder work on a section of South Main from Park's cafe to the railroad tracks. Shoulders were shelved and resurfaced with asphalt to prevent mud when it rains. Assistant director Clyde Pond said the area was soft and muddy. City aims to finish street repairs before bad weather.
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South Main
Park’s Cafe
Clyde Pond
Public Works
Around Town Notes of Local Social Scene
Matt and Selwyn Orr arrive early for a bridge session. C T Tiny Shewell forgets to announce, and the tables turn. Mabel Black, worn out from shopping, cannot go down to sell the next day. Dave Parish designing a new publicity job. Pat Leeseman gives a negative report on a card player’s skill. The Marion Ponds head to Missouri for a cool vacation. Jarvis Chance busy with uniforms. Bunk Lowes visits a neighbor to learn what happened in a back yard. Olu Krenlek breezes on a shopping trip. R D Clark checks if The Sun carried a story. C B Lee explains Baytown Refinery is not all of Humble Oil. Martha Morrow whipping up a Baytown Elks story.
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Matt
Selwyn Orr
C. T
Tiny) Shewell
Mabel Black
Dave Parish
Pat Leeseman
Marion Ponds
Missouri
Jarvis Chance
Bunk Lowes
Olu Krenlek
R. D. Clark
C. B. Lee
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Martha Morrow
Baytown Elks
City Budget Hearing Set For Sept 8 By City Manager
City Manager C D Middleton said he will ask the City Council to set September 8 as the public hearing date on the 1955 54 budget of 2 237 000. All residents may voice objections, and hearings must occur before adoption. The council will meet Thursday at 7 p m in the city chamber with a short agenda focused on budget matters and committee reports. Several councilmen returned Tuesday from an Austin highway meeting with state officials.
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C. D. Middleton
Trug
Austin
Bobby Layne Hospitalized For Therapy In Ann Arbor
Detroit Lions passing specialist Bobby Layne arrived at University of Michigan hospital for examination and therapy to determine if he can return to professional football. He will be treated by Dr. Carl Badgley, a renowned bone specialist, after coming from the Lions training camp in Mobile Alabama.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Bobby Layne
Detroit Lions
University of Michigan
Layne
Lions
Mobile
Ala
Carl Badgley
Eisenhower says US will not sell out for peace
President Eisenhower told the American Bar Association at Independence Hall that the United States cannot accept a divided Germany or Soviet subversion as part of peace. He warned against agreements that compromise freedom, urging justice, human rights, and a global observance of law as essential to enduring peace. He urged firmness tempered by friendliness to achieve a just international order.
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Warren. Duffee
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
United States
Germany
Hisenhower
Geneva
American Bar Association
Independence Hall
Anv Association
John Marshall
Marshall
America
Indian Ambassador Calls Houston Airport Incident Closed
Indian Ambassador G L Mehta said he considered the Houston airport dining room incident closed after being asked to leave by a white hostess who mistook him and his aide for Negroes. He reported the matter to the Indian embassy from Mexico City and said he had no idea he had faced discrimination.
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Houston
G. L. Mehta
Mehta
Washington
Mexico City
Courageous Crosby Boy Stuns Farm Community
Seven year old Eugene Balinski of a Crosby dairy farm showed grit after climbing an apple tree and breaking his arm. He walked a quarter mile to fetch help, carried his baby brother to safety, and waited through painful treatment with only a brief grimace. He plans to reach the coveted green apple once healed.
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Rosalie Myers
Sun
Eugene Balinski
Crosby
Eugene
Bugene
Mra
Stanley Balinski
Victor
Mille Co
A. H. Eilers
Gene Autry
Secret Heart Catholic School
Balinski
United States
Eilers
Walter
New City Directory Ready For Presses
Baytown prepares a new city directory to be ready by October. Interstate Directory Co with Hebert Page finalizes renumbering of Bayway drive from Wisconsin street to Decker drive. A Wooster Chamber committee led by Lee Tag approves updates and intersection markers will be placed by County Commissioner W. V. Ramsey.
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Baytown
Hebert Page
Interstate Directory Co
Page
Bayway -Drive
Wooster
Lee Tag
Bayway
Decker
Old Market Street
Wisconsin
W. V. Ramsey
Fund Drive Opens for Baytown Veterans Center 1956
Letters mailing to all area veterans announce the start of a fundraising drive to finance Baytown Veterans Service Center operations for 1956. Four local veterans groups back the effort, seeking $2,200 for yearly operation. services include processing claims to save trips to Houston and other cities, with two service officers and a secretary managing files and clerical work free of charge. The center covers areas east of the San Jacinto river, Crosby, Dayton, Liberty, West Chambers, Old River, Tri City Beach, and La Porte.
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Veterans Service Center
Baytown
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
DAV
Frank Yates
Veterans Service Center Committee
United Fund
Texaa
Veterans Administration
Baytown Center
Houston
Yates
Grover Edge l
VFW
Bess Shannon
Louise Moravity
San Jacinto River
Crosby
Dayton
Liberty
Airman Goes On Rampage At Base Near Kent Beach
An American airman opened fire Wednesday at an English air base and nearby beach, killing three fellow airmen and wounding six before being shot dead by a colonel leading a manhunt. One victim was Nelson Gresham, 26, of Philadelphia, a civilian employee with American Express.
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Broadstams
Eng
Xeaside
Manston Air Bane
Kentish
Nelson Gresham
Philadelphia
American Express Co
Baytown DeMolays Headed to State Meeting
Baytown DeMolays depart Wednesday by chartered bus for Brownsville to join the Texas State DeMolay conclave August 25 to 28. Jack Huron, chapter advisor, has entered members in track swimming bowling tennis and drill events. Baytown fields one of two state drill teams and past tennis champion Bill Mack Dixon also competed. Miss Sylvester, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester, will enter the sweet heart contest as chapter sweetheart.
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Baytown
Hus
Brownaville
Texas State
Jack Huron
NeMoalays
Bill Mack Dixon
Fort Worth
Misa Lynn Bylvexter
John. Sylvester
Bonner
Miss Sylvester
Texas City
Kilts Sylvester
Big Spring Trustees Defend School Integration Policy
Big Spring Independent School District asserts its elementary integration policy complies with the supreme law of the land and that any conflicting Texas laws violate the U.S. Constitution. The Texas Citizens Council, a white opposition group, seeks to block state education aid if integration occurs. A hearing is set for Friday as trustees file their response. The board says enrollment will be open to qualified students in each zone without regard to race and that funding will be allocated accordingly, while questioning the council’s legal standing.
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Big Spring
Tex
Big Spring Independent
Land
Texas
The
Texas Citizens Council
Trustees of
United States Supreme Court
Lamar Tech Denies Admission to Black Students
BEAUMONT Regents announce Lamar State College of Technology will not admit Black applicants this fall due to crowded classrooms. Seven Beaumont area Black students had applied. NAACP representatives urged entry, but the board cited facilities planning already in place aimed at white enrollment. A 15 foot tar paper cross burned at the campus entrance Tuesday, attributed by officials to juveniles, but not connected to the regents’ decision.
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Beaumont
Lamar State College of Technology
Board of Regents
Scon
NAACE
Amarillo School Board Pushes Integration With Unclear Plan
The Amarillo school board decides to open public schools this year without a clear integration plan, risking state aid and prompting questions from the Big Spring case. State officials have not responded. Attorney General Shepperd says Texas segregation laws stay in effect until the U.S. Supreme Court rules otherwise.
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Amarilla Action Amarili
Mega
Amarillo
Big Spring
Coveny Council
J. W. Edgar
Roberts
Calvert
John Ben Shepperd
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Divorces Readily Costlier Amid Inflation Scare
Harris County residents face higher divorce fees effective Sept 6 with petitions priced from 9.95 to 21 and a new 60 day waiting period for hearings. Misdemeanor case fees rise by 6 to 15 dollars in county venues, boosting city and county funding as the legislature authorized the increases.
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Harris County
Juvenile Board
Justice of the Peace
Bruce
Refinery Opens New Course in Electronics Circuits
Sixteen members of Bay town Refinery Technical and Research divisions begin a two week course in electronics circuits Monday. Prof. Robert B. Watson of the University of Texas physics department will teach. he holds degrees from Illinois UCLA and Harvard and has worked in acoustics, electronic instruments, and high frequency radiation.
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Baytown
N. FR. Chamberlain
K. J. ¥. Dutson
Annette Eliott
BE. L. Gunn
8. H. Hastings
J. B. Hickorgson
J. R. Hodson
J. H. Karchmer
H F. Lampkin
H. W. H. Meyer
Marjorie M. Nicholson
A. A. Sanders
H. Stevenson
C. L. Thorpe
J. &. Walker
J. l Walker
Robert 8. Watson
Department of Physics
University of Texas
Watson
University of
Timois
University
California
Los Angeles
Harvard University
Harvard
Underwater Sound Levoratory
Texas University
Defensa Rosparch Laboratory
Military Physics Research Laboratory
Pennsylvania Flood Damage Estimated Between 500 Million and 1 Billion
Harrisburg reports from Gov George Leader estimate flood damage in the commonwealth ranges from 500 million to 1 billion dollars. Preliminary figures put the cost of replacing destroyed public property and cleanup at about 158 million.
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Harrisburg
George mM
Freeway paving expands SH 73 in Harris and Chambers counties
State Highway Commission approved multiple projects to surface and grade sections of State Highway 73 from Houston to Port Arthur and extend work in Chambers and Jefferson counties. Key segments include 44 miles near Channelview and 7.3 miles east of Lynchburg Crosby road, with construction timelines ranging from 1955 to 1968, and potential federal aid links delaying a hoped regional connection pending Congress action.
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Harris County
State Highway Commission
Houston
Port Arthur
San Jaciito Ordnance Depot
Magnolia Street
Channelview
Lynchburg-Crosby
Cedar Bayou
Chambers County
Cove
Old
Lostiver
Trinity River
Getoher
Chambers
Jefferson Counties
Jefferson County
State 6
G6th Street
Groves
40Th Street
Tagytosen
Tuesaday
Tf Congress
Praxen
Uberal
Federal Aid
Shoot First Tactics in French North Africa Crisis
Casablanca reports say French troops hunted down die-hard Moroccan and Algerian terrorists under orders to shoot first amid intensified mop-up operations. France began calling up reserve troops as authorities press to crush the revolt spanning Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia with over 1,900 dead since Saturday. Premier Edgar Faure announced the call-up at Aix-les-Bains during talks with representatives of Moroccan elements seeking a crisis solution.
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Casablanca
France
Crusch
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Parent-Teacher Association
Jim Nelson
South Main Street
Ike
Borie
New City Directory
Veterans Center
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Lamar Tech
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